Fender-support.



PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907.

D. MOGAUSLAND. FENDER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED D150. 8, 1906- rmrrnn STATES PATENT orrr on DAVID MCCAUSIJAND, or smart, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO CADILLAC MOTOR OAR COMPANY,- OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF l/IICHIGAN.

FENDER-SUPPORT.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed December 8, 1906. Serial No. 346,881. r

To all whom it may concern.-

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.tachment to the sill of the vehicle.

the bracket to the frameas,

. Be it known that I, DAVID McCAUsLAND, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in. the county of WVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fender-Supports, of which the following is 'a specification, reference being had therein to the ac com anying drawings."

Tl ie invention relates to supports for wheel-fenders, and has for its object the obtaining of an exceedingly simple and inexpensive construction and one which will securely hold the fender in position.

To this end the invention consists in the novel construction, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the fendersupport. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the two members constituting one of the brackets particularly designed for at- Fig. 3 is a similar view of the members of a modified construction of the bracket employed for attaching the supporting-shank to the tender, and Fig. 4 is a section through the construction 01'' Fig. 3.

My im rovement comprises a shank or arm A, W ich is formed from a plain bar of metal, preferably steel and preferably ol round section, together with a pair of clamping-brackets B and C for respectively connecting said shank to the vehicle-frame and the fender. The brackets B and (J are each formed of a pair of members struck up from sheet metal. ()ne of" these members i) is formed with a return-bend or U-shape portion a, terminating in a pair of oppositelyextending llanges b, the said flanges being provided with rivct apertures c therein and the return-bend portion with transverse ap- The cooperating member ol" the bracket E h s a'llat base portion f and a struck-up llange g, which is arranged across the end ol the rcturnbcn d or U-shapcd portion of the member ID and is provided with the a erture h. These two members are assemb ed in the relation illustrated in Fig. 1.

' and are secured together by rivets passing through the apertures c and registering apertures "i in the member E, and, il desired, the

same rivets may be employed for attaching for instance, the side sill F.

G is a bolt adapted to pass between the sides of the return-bend or U-shaped ortion a and having its threaded end passing t rough the aperture h. The op osite end of this bolt G is ol'lset and prelerab y return-bent, as indicated at j, to form a shoulder k. This shoulder is so arranged when the parts are assembled as to bear against the side of the shank A when passed through the apertures d, and by tightening a nut H on the bolt G the said shank may be lirmly clamped tothe bracket.

Z is a hooked bearing formed in the flange g for engaging the shank A.

The bracket (l for attaching the shank to the fender is siniilar'in construction to the bracket B ust described, comprising the return-bend and flanged member I). This is also provided with a member E, which has a portion 1' thereof struck u to abut against the end of the return-ben member D and has an aperture h for the bolt. Thus each of the clamping brackets B and C comprises three members-viz., an offset or returnbend belt, a return-bend and flanged sheetmetal member between the parallel portions of which the bolt is passed and having trans verse apertures for the assage ol'- the supportingslumk, and a s loot-metal member secured to the flanges of the return-bend sheet-metal member, having a struck-u portion apertured for the passage of said be t and l'ormmg a bearing for the clam ing-nut. These three members are exceeding y simple and inexpensive to manui'acture, and, lurthermore, they may be used with a supporting-shank which is merely a bent bar neither lorgednor-machined. Theclanlpirig-brackets may be adapted l'or use with various sizes ol supportirig-shanks by making the transverse apertures d of sullicient size to receive the largest" shank, smaller shanks being clamped equally well therein.

As illustrated in. Fig. l, the shank A has a horizontally--extonding portion m, vertical portion a, and the laterally-cxtending portion 0. aperture (1 anr is engaged by the clampingbolt G, while the portion it extends upward and engages the hooked bearing. 1, which holds it from turning in the clamp. This arrangement of the shank and bracket is, how.- evcr, not necessary, and where desirable the bracket B may be secured to the under side of the sill, in which casethe shank would extend laterally without any vertical portion. With tween the same and the shank.

either construction the shank'is held from turning in its socket by engagement with the hooked bearing Z. I

It Will be observed that the bolt G lies in the return-bend of the member D and be- Thus this return-bend forms a guide or bearing for the belt which holds it from lateraldisplacement and retains the bearing-shoulder kin contact With the shank.

What I claim as my invention is-- V 1. A fender-support comprising a pair of members struck up from sheet metal, the one having a transversely-apertured return-bend and flanged portion, and the other having a base portion,-and a portion. struck up at the end of the return-bend portion and apertured substantially as, and for the purpose set forth.

2. A fender-support con'iprising a pair of members struck up from sheet metal, one

consisting of a transversely-apertured bend portion with oppositely-extending flanges, and the other consisting of a base portion se cured to said flanges, an apertured struck-up,

portion at the end. of said return-bend portion, and havinga hooked portion at one side of said return-bend portion substantially as and. for the purpose set forth.

3. A fendensu'pp'ort com rising a'member struck up from sheet meta having a trans- 'versely-apertured return-bend portion and oppositely-extending flanges, a shank passing through said transverseapertures, and a clamping-bolt in the return-bend, having a threaded portion projecting out therefrom and provided with a laterally-extending portion bearing against said shank substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

consisting of a transversely-apertured'return-bend portion and oppositely-extending flanges on the other member consisting of a base portion secured to said flanges, and an apertured struck-up portion at one end of said return-bend portion, a shank extending through the transverse apertures in said return-bend portion, a clamping-bolt lying between said shank and thereturn-bend, and guided by the latter, the threaded end of said bolt extending out through the a erture in the second-mentioned sheet-meta member, and the opposite end of the bolt being bent to form a bearing against said shank, and a clamping-nut engaging thethreaded portion of the bolt and bearing against the apertured struck-up portion-through which said bolt passes.

6. A fender-support comprising a supporting shank or arm formed of a plain bar of,

metal and cl amping-brackets for securing the opposite end of said bar respectively to the fender and vehicle-frame, each of said brackets comprising a struck-up sheet-m etal member having a transversely-apertured returnbend portion, and oppositely-extending securing-flanges and a boltlying and guidedin the return-bend of said member having its threaded portion extending out from the end thereof and its opposite end bent to form a bearing against said supporting-arm when passed through said transverse, aperture in the return-bend member.

7. A fender-support comprising a shank or supporting-arm formed of a plain bar of metal of round cross-section, a bracket for securing said arm or shank to the vehicle-frame comprising a sheetan etal memberi having a trans versely-apertured return-bend portion and oppositely-extending securing-flanges, a se- I curing-bolt extending between the sidesof the return-bend portion. and bearing against said shank when passed through the transverse apertures 1n said return-bend portion, said shank being bent, having a portion extending parallel to said return-bend portion,

and a hooked bearing for engaging said parallel portion of the shank to hold the same from turning in the transverse apertures.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Witnesses AMELIA WILLIAMs, NELLIE KINsELLA.

DAVID MOCAUSLAND. i 

